Floor oiler or waxer



STEIGERWALD FLOOR OILER 0R WAXER I Filed April 5, 1935 AuguS'z Ys P T OR ezgerwa ATTORNEYS.

Patented Jan. 14, 1936 FLOOR. OILER. oR WAXER August Stcigerwald, New York, Y., assignor to Emily Clark, New York, N. Y.

' Application April 2, 1935, Serial-No. 14,420,

1 Claim.

My invention relates to a floor oiler or waxer, that is, to a liquid dispensing apparatus for applying oil, wax or the like to a floor or other similar surface.

It is the principal object of my invention to provide a very simple device of the character indicated, which is relatively cheap to manufacture, serviceable in use and in which the flow of liquid may be controlled at will or shut off completely.

It is a further object to provide in a device 0 the character indicated a spreader pad so formed as to be reversible, whereby when one spreader surface wears out the pad may be reversed to obtain a new spreader surface.

Other objects and various features of invention will be hereinafter pointed out or will be apparentv to those skilled in the art.

In thedrawing which shows, for illustrative purposes only, a preferred form of the invention- Fig. l is a front view in partial section of a floor oiler or waxer embodying featuresof the invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of the device shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a detail.

In said drawing 5 indicates generally a reservoir for containing a liquid to be spread, for example, fioor oil or floor wax. The reservoir may have a flat top 6 and be provided with a filler opening which may be closed by a screw cap I. The sides 8-8 of the reservoir preferably converge downwardly and the converging sides may be rigidly secured to a tube 9, as indicated at Ill-l0, so that the tube forms the bottom of the reservoir or a permanent closure therefor. The ends of the tube are preferably flattened out and closed, as indicated at I I.

Provision is made for conducting liquid from the reservoir to the tube and from the tube to the outside of the reservoir. .In the form shown I provide a screw-threaded fitting l2, rigidly secured to the tube 9 as by soldering. The fitting is provided with a bore l3, opening into the tube 9 and with a side opening I4 communicating therewith, the communicataion, however, being controlled by a valve l5, screw-threaded into the fitting l2 and providing either a complete closure of the bore I3 or a partial closure thereof, whereby the quantity of the liquid discharged into the tube 9 may be accurately regulated at will. The stem I6 of the valve extends upwardly through a suitable gland or stuffing box and is provided at the outside with a hand wheel or handle I! for operating the valve, as will be understood. The tube is provided with passage means, preferably in the form of spaced openings Iii-l8 on the bottom, so as to discharge liquid to the outside of the tube and reservoir onto a spreader pad, designated generally [9.

The spreader pad may be and preferably is formed of a pair of flat strips 20-20 of felt or the like extending upwardly, so as to embrace the sides of the tube and also a portion of the reservoir, and extending downwardly so as .to form a spreader surface 2| to engage the floor or other surface to be oiled or waxed.

The spreader pad l9 may be held in place by retainer flaps 22 of sheet metal, secured, as by soldering, to the sides 8-8 upwardly from the bottom thereof. The retainer flaps 22-22 in the form illustrated are flexible and engage the outer sides of the strips 20-29, so as to securely hold the same in place and clamp them to the reservoir. Means, such as through bolts 23 having wing nuts 24 thereon, serve to draw the retainer flaps 22-22 toward each other and compress the strips, as will be understood. The degree of compression to which the strips are subjected will, to a considerable extent, determine the rate at which liquid is conducted through the pad onto the spreader surface. However, the valve l5 will also serve to regulate the flow of liquid and'may entirely cut off the flow of liquid.

The stripsZll-ZU are preferably apertured symmetrically in a transverse direction, that is to say, the openings 25-25 for the reception of the through bolts pass through the strip at the transverse center, so that, should the spreader surface 2! becomeworn or otherwise unfit for use, the strips 20-20 may be removed and reversed, so that the opposite edges will be positioned at the bottom and constitute the spreader surface.

The reservoir is provided with a suitable handle 26, whereby the device may be carried about and moved over the floor or other surface to be oiled or waxed.

The operation is simple. The liquid, such as oil, wax or the like,-to be spread on a surface is poured into the reservoir and the screw cap I put in place. The valve handle I! may then be turned so as to open the valve to just the desired extent, so as to permit the desired steady flow of liquid from the reservoir into the tube 9 and through the discharge openings lS-I8 onto the spreader pad IS. The device is then moved over the floor or other surface with the spreader surface 2| in contact therewith. The oil or wax discharged onto the spreader pad l9 and conducted thereby to the spreader surface 2| will then be evenly distributed over the floor or other surface. When the device is not in use the valve l5 may be turned so as to entirely shut ofi the flow of liquid from the reservoir to the spreader pad and thus there will be no waste of oil or wax and, since the reservoir is tightly closed, there will be no deterioration-of the liquid being used.

The tubular construction forming the bottom of the reservoir not only functions as a distributor for the liquid from the reservoir but serves also as a very effective stiffening means for the reservoir.

front and rear walls, a distributor tube secured between the lower edges of said walls and forming the bottom of said reservoir, said tube having a valve opening in the wall enclosed within said reservoir and a plurality of discharge openings in the outer wall, a valve for regulating said valve opening and having a handle at the outside of said reservoir, a pair of sheet metal flaps secured at one edge respectively to the front and rear external walls of said reservoir substantially above the bottom thereof and extending substantially below the bottom, clamping means engaging said flaps below said tubular bottom for drawing the free portionsof said flaps toward each other to clamp porous spreader pads against the front and rear walls'of said reservoir above the distributor tube and from end to end thereof and against each other below said tube.

AUGUST STEIGERWALD. 

